Multi-person Access Control via Sensor Fusion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Security systems often face challenges in verifying the correct individuals accessing critical functions, as they rely solely on input data without ensuring the presence of the right people, which can lead to unauthorized access or denial of access to authorized individuals.
Innovation Solution
A multi-person access control system that uses sensor data from cameras and other sensors to verify the presence and identity of individuals, combining this with input data from devices to ensure that the correct people are present and performing the required actions before granting access to critical functions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the system uses only input data to verify access, then the operation is simple and fast, but the security is insufficient and unauthorized access may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple verification methods (biometric sensors, input data, and camera image analysis) into a unified access control system. The system merges these different verification approaches to comprehensively determine whether the correct person is present, thereby improving security without relying on a single verification method alone.
Solution Approach 2:
The verification system is designed with multi-functionality, incorporating various sensor types (biometric sensors for authentication, cameras for visual verification) that can perform different verification tasks. This universal approach allows the system to adapt to different access scenarios while maintaining high security standards.
2Reliability
If the system verifies the presence of correct people using cameras and sensors, then the access security is improved, but the time required for verification increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary verification actions by pre-configuring multiple sensors and cameras to be ready for immediate operation. Biometric sensors and image capture devices are positioned and calibrated in advance, allowing the system to quickly verify the presence of authorized persons without significant delays when access is requested.
Solution Approach 2:
The verification process maintains continuous monitoring through multiple sensors that operate simultaneously. The camera system continuously captures images while biometric sensors continuously monitor for authorized persons, ensuring that verification can be performed rapidly without interruption or repeated actions, thus reducing overall verification time.
3Reliability
If the system requires multiple input actions from different people, then the unauthorized access is reduced, but the ease of operation decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service verification by automatically analyzing images from cameras and biometric data without requiring manual intervention. The automated image analysis and biometric verification processes eliminate the need for users to manually provide multiple inputs, making the access process convenient while still requiring presence of multiple authorized persons.
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AI summary
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for multi-person authentication and access control. One of the methods includes determining, by a system and using sensor data i) captured by one or more sensors and ii) that is different data than input data captured by one or more input devices, whether a number of people, who performed corresponding input actions, satisfies an access criteria a) for accessing a critical function and b) that requires two or more predetermined input actions; and performing, by the system, an action for the critical function in response to determining whether the number of people, who performed corresponding input actions, satisfies the access criteria a) for accessing the critical function and b) that requires the two or more predetermined input actions.